"free, white, and twenty-one" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1856, Marion Harland, Alone, J.C. Derby, page 359:",
          "text": "“Free, white, and twenty-one!” sang Emma, cheerily.",
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          "ref": "1932, Helen Vinson, I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang:",
          "text": "\"There are no musts in my life - I'm free, white, and twenty-one.\"",
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          "ref": "1934, Ruby Keeler (Barbara Hemingway), Dames:",
          "text": "\"I'm free, white, and twenty-one. I love to dance and I'm going to dance.\"",
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        "Beholden to no one; master of one's own destiny."
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        "(US, archaic, used by and usually of white people) Beholden to no one; master of one's own destiny."
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          "text": "“Free, white, and twenty-one!” sang Emma, cheerily.",
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